furniture

Modernizing the Industrial Process for Furniture

ENHANCING CREATIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY

Trends are constantly changing; consumers want more choice and customization, with quality and rapid delivery, at the lowest price.
To protect your margins, agile and innovative manufacturing solutions and processes are essential.
Discover how Lectra's expertise and innovative technology can help you optimize the entire fabric and leather upholstered furniture manufacturing process, maximize your competitiveness and secure your margins.

IMPROVE PROFITABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS BY OFFERING MORE CHOICE AND AN OPTIMIZED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

China accounts for almost one third of global upholstery consumption and the demand continues to rise. This means furniture manufacturers need to develop an increasing variety of innovative products more quickly and produce to deadlines. They must also reduce the number of expensive physical prototypes. By using Lectra’s 3D upholstered furniture design software, customers can explore a multitude of 3D styling variants, control costs and deliver ready-to-produce models.

Fabric is one of the key drivers of product cost, so manufacturers are always looking for ways to optimize its use. An improvement of only 1% of fabric use can mean considerable cost reductions.
Lectra solutions generate fabric savings at every stage in the cutting process, guaranteeing optimized production costs.

Manufacturers of leather furniture face two main challenges: the rising cost of hides and the lack of skilled labor. They are looking for a cutting solution which makes the best use of each hide and which also frees skilled workers to perform tasks where they bring more value. Focused on quality and productivity, the comprehensive solutions designed by Lectra give maximum efficiency to the leather-cutting process.

Lectra works with the furniture industry for the furniture industry. Combining its customers' experience in upholstered furniture manufacturing with its own expertise and state of the art technology, it creates more than just solutions - it develops innovative processes which in turn create value, help achieve strategic objectives and increase profits.

Industry 4.0 is set to transform the furniture manufacturing process. However, many questions remain. What exactly is Industry 4.0? What does it mean for upholstered furniture manufacturers? How can they begin integrating Industry 4.0 technology into their furniture production process?

What do upholstered furniture manufacturers in your region consider their key challenges? What are they doing to combat these issues? And what are their future investment plans to maintain a competitive edge in this changing industry?